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Publisher: DC

Title: Detective Comics
Issue: 62
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: April 1942
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Detective 62
Owner: XPhile

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker


Story Title: Editorial Advisory Board - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Bob and the Railroad - text article
Features:Good Books Worth Reading
Pages:0.67
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Laugh, Town, Laugh! - comic story
Features:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Happy Hanson (comedian, death); Hanson's lawyer; Freddie Banter (comedian, death); Denny Jackson (comedian); Jackson's butler; Claude S. Tilley (comedian, death); Buster Parks (comedian); Ted Allenby (comedian, death); The Joker (villain)
Synopsis:Comedian Happy Hanson passes away, but leaves behind a strange will. A clause states that 5 top-notch comedians have the chance to tell the funniest joke in a contest, thereby winning clues Hanson has left leading to a fabulous fortune. Then...the Joker enters the contest and all bets are off!


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:0.5
Genre:humor
Characters:Shorty


Story Title: The Winning Team! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Batman
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Counterfeiters - comic story
Features:Spy
Pages:6
Genre:adventure; spy
Characters:Bart Regan; Tommy Carson; Schultz


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:"Super" Duper; Canada Dry Ginger Ale
Pages:1
Genre:sports


Story Title: The Adventure of the Champagne Corks - comic story
Features:Cliff Crosby
Pages:6
Genre:adventure
Characters:Cliff Crosby; Kay Nevers


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Grandpa Peters
Pages:2
Genre:humor
Characters:Grandpa Peters


Story Title: The Case of the Crazy Crimes - comic story
Features:The Crimson Avenger
Pages:10
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Joe Mogul (villain)


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Silly Willy
Pages:0.5
Genre:humor
Characters:Silly Willy


Story Title: Here's Top Value! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:World's Finest Comics
Pages:0.5


Story Title: Mr. Mystery - comic story
Pages:7
Genre:superhero
Characters:Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; District Attorney Cole; Mayor Boggins (of Vine Springs); Mr. Mystery (villain)
Synopsis:Vine Springs receives a huge entitlement for a defense industry plant that the criminal element is interested in making money off of.


Story Title: The Thief - text story
Pages:1.75
Letters:typeset
Genre:crime


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:0.25
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Case of the Murdered Commander - comic story
Features:Larry Steele, Private Detective
Pages:6
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Larry Steele


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Rollin Stone
Pages:1
Genre:humor


Story Title: Hogan's Happy Hollow! - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Gloomy Gus


Story Title: Now on Sale - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Baby Ruth
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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